# Lamar name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/lamar
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Lamar ranked #1517 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #1441.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1517
- Birth count: 115
- Rate per 10,000: 0.67

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Lamar
- Rank: #1441
- Birth count: 124
- Rate per 10,000: 0.73
- Official count multiplier: 1.08x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.01
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.4%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1989
- Best rank year: 1983
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 18.1%

## Spelling components
- Lamar: 115 births
- Lamarr: 9 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology